Quote Originally Posted by paulhenry View Post
Double knife pleats- becaue the linen/cotton fabric is on the light weight side (for klit making)and likely to crease, I made it with two knife pleats grouped together about the fell so that there are really 2 pleats in each visible pleat below the fell.This means that the pleats hold their shape much better, it also gives a lot more swish and swing, as normally cotton/linen kilts don't have the charactistics of a wool kilt swish. this method helps to make that happen a little better.
Thanks for the explanation. That is a rather clever solution for dealing with lighter weight fabric. Kiltmakers and DIYers take note!